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Chicago examiner vol vi no 140 a m tuesday june 2 1908 14 pages price one cent s Taft denounced 8y veterans of civil war for attack on gen grant first official action is taken by mitchell post no 559 g a r in new york his speech called cruel men who knew the great com mander give expression to their indignation charge taken from book garland defends his history but says the secretary was too blunt new york juue i wherever loyal soldiers of the union met to-dsiytthe ne subject of discussion was the decoration day attack by secretary of war Taft on the memory of general v s grant an attack delivered at the tomb of the hero grand army men all over the country re gardless of political affiliations have re sented this most remarkable of decoration day eulogies and it is more than probable some concerted action will be taken by the great organization of civil war veterans to show their displeasure at the speech secretary tali's explanation was read to-day lÂ»y uig veterans as closely as his speech cut many said hie explanation iied to explain tim tirst official action to be recorded against the speech of mr Taft Â«;'-; taken to-night by ifce btembere of the william g mitchell post no 359 g a is named after the gallant adjutant general of ma jor oslcral hancock post adopts protest the members of this post met in their rooms 112 west one hundred and twi'iity-fiftii street this evening wfte-i past commander hugh stewart arose to pjvpooe new business tbers was a hush an'ong the thirty members present that was racre eli lucr.t than words in i voice that trembled with emotion mr stewart moved that the officers an'l comrade of william g mitchell post no k>9 g a r do hereby enter their pro test against the unnecessary and cruel re marks made against the memory of the late genera u s grant at the tomb of that great leader on decoration day by secretary of war william h Taft and urge that the sentiment of this post be duly and officially recorded a dozen voices seconded the motion and it was passed by a rising vote calls it a disgrace at the end of the meeling the members of the post were outspoken in their views of the speech of the secretary of war if i had been present within hearing of mr Taft said post commander george van wagner 1 would have stopped that speech then and there it was a disgrace he added we do not march ont on decoration day to hear in what our old lender failed but to re member the great victories that his name stands for others of the post voiced their opinions as follows past commander hi'gh stewart tin speech of mr Taft was entirely un called for the victim of mr taft's criti cisms is dead but the words stung every man who hoard or rer.d the oratorical in tuit captain j l cojibi i am filled with indignation at the words of mr Taft there was no necessity for him to recall the most easily forgettable incidents in tho life of one who did so much lo save nis country post members knew grant john 1 birmingham surgeon of the post mr Taft had no right to turn a decoration day oration into a personal at tack against a man for whom we have such reverence henity lowenthal officer of the guard the speech of mr Taft spoiled the spirit of decoration day for every man who carried u gun under grant wo marched through the rain to do honor to our dead comrades and especially to our dead leader to r near such a trivial resur rection of unpleasant details as formed the speech of the secretary of war was ns un expected as would have been the suddoa raising of the stnrs and bars over the tomb iii riverside drive we will not soon foigct this most nntactful of public utter lime f^lgarland says Taft blundered il.iiuliu garland author of dlyssei s his life and character published 1898 said to-night â– lii admittedly took them from my bonk general grant and 1 can vouch for it contains i traveled 8,500 io gel tin facts i 1 must s-siy however that the secre remarks were blunt under the cir he undoubtedly meant lo h the great side uf the man in ovei early habits his intent unques was kindly but perhaps the point â– " wished t bring out could have lieen in a more delicate way especially general grant's son stood beside the in the tonih post no 518 j a it also went â– record to-night through its commander j gotman as protesting against fhe i b^^hemorial day speech of secretary Taft gotnun left the regular hi : meeting of the post at to east i sireet to express the organisation's ! ' â– i i>i â– v i ! of the war secretary's re j nbout general grant at governor's island to-day general lied ' .'â– !,â– dent grant said be had not nade i \ comment on the Taft speech uor wou!Â«i j in ike any 1 actor dies as flames drive audience from a cleveland theater | ex-senator j k jones | eugene jepson succumbs to heart disease carolyn delmore with orchestra's aid prevents panic cleveland 0 june i fire in keiths theater this afternoon in which a panic was averted only by the coolness of the house staff and orchestra cost the life of eugene jepson fifty-three years old who bus played in the support of mauy stars he died of heart disease due to the ex citement caused by the approach of the flames and his haste to pack his costumes Ã¼bout to be used in the production of aj new playlet by george ade the mayor and the manicure j'lio fire wns caused by the friction of au electric suction fan in the rear of the gal lery at tie alarm of fire jepson who was in his dressing room began hurriedly packing his costumes the actor who weighed m0 pounds was overcome by the excitement and died as he was ready to close the trunks lid mrs jepson was summoned from her hotel meanwhile out on the stage carolyn delmore continued the singing of her song see saw xed hastings the house press agent ordered herman biringer the or chestra leader to play on and to the strains of the music he informed the audience that the fire was next door and under control the gallery had been cleared by this time and the audience on fhe lower floor after a startled glance about formed in line under the guidance of frederick brandt house treasurer liis assistant charles greenslat and the ushers all reached the street unharmed outside so litlle smoke appeared that many tried to re-enter the house but were stopped by policemen the lire damage is estimated to-night at 5,000 blanche bates mother famous actress dead succumbs to apoplexy daughter ar rives before second attack ossining x y june i mrs frances wren bates mother of blanche bales the actress died on saturday of apoplexy at her daughter's home bailey farm about three miles from here she was 50 years old miss bates was in manhattan on fri day when her mother was first attacked she wiis summoned at once and on her ar rival found her mother barely conscious a second attack occurred early the next morning which mrs bates was unable to survive mrs bates was one of the famous wren family who toured the country giving what corresponded then to present day vaudeville acts she married frank m bates an actor and in 1870 went with him to australia where he was murdered by bushrangers she appeared with booth barrett and modjeska ex-senator james k jones dies in washington arkansas statesman taken suddenly ill on return from visit to daughter long national figure managed bryan's campaign against hanna elected to senate in 1893 washington june l â€” former senator james kinibrongh jones of arkansas died of heart failure at his home here 181 nineteenth street at 5:30 this afternoon the announcement of the death came as â– great shock to the large circle of friends and acquaintances he made here from the time he was elected to the forty-seventh congress to all appearances senator jones was in i excellent health he had been until last friday paying a visit to his daughter mrs s carrigan in arkansas he returued here on friday and although he complained of a slight indisposition on saturday there was no expectation that the end was so near at haud at the time of bis death senator jones was practicing law in partnership with his sun james k jones jr the final arrangements for the funeral have not been made but the interment will be in rock creek cemetery near this city senator jones was born in marshall county miss sept 29 1839 received a classical education was a private soldier during the civil war ou the losing side lived on his plantation after the close of the war until 1573 when he commenced the practce of law and the same year was elected to the senate of the state of ar kansas elected to congress in 1 880 the next step in the political ladder como in 18s0 when he was elected in the gar fleld-hancock year as a representative to congress it was not until carlisle of kentucky was elected speaker that jones came forth from obscurity and was made a member of the ways and means committee of the house in isso he was elected to the senate tind took bis seat in isb7 for eighteen years thereafter senator jones was a national character and a power in the councils of the democratic party he became a member of the na tional committee in iss6 was chairman of the committee on resolutions in the conven tion that nominated william j bryan named us national eoinmitteeman by his state lie became chairman and managed the campaign pitted against hanna i pitted against hanna who later became a member of the senate hampered by lack of funds to conduct a campaign deserted by men who had managed other cam paigns the failure of jones to achieve a victory was not to be wondered at senator jones was chairman of the dem ocratic national committee in the l!!00 campaign and gave way to tom taggart in the parker campaign of 1904 in 1893 he was defeated for re-election to jhe united states senate senator clarke succeeding him jen davis who was then governor of arkansas was one of the must bitter of those who assisted in his over throw finally parts with bryan always a strong bryan man joues and bryan came to the parting of the iraya this year when the former as a spokesman for a wing of the democratic party asked bryan not to be a candidate for the demo cratic nomination and bryan refused senator jones was married twice he lias three living children sue r mrs lenora carrigan and james k joues jr king sends elkins word abruzzi must wait year duke bows to family but says he will wed american isome june i a royal aide-de-camp has just returned from america after convey ing to senator elfcins the royal family's decision in regard to the duke of the abruzzi marrying the senator's dauijmcr miss katherine elkins the decision is this p that the l'uke of the abruzzi shall take a jear to think the matter over this the dnke has agreed to do in de ference to the expressed wishes of king victor emmanuel his cousiu dowager queen mnrguerita his aunt and of his two brothers the dnke of aosta and the connt of turin lu assenting abruzzi told the royÂ»l family couucil that it would not change his determination to marry miss elkius if he hiul lo wait ten years rockefeller will finance gould's pittsburg road standard oil equitable and metropolitan life allied in reorganization ignore small investors new combination fiiendly to rivals of proposed wabash transcontinental line mow york june i that john i rockefeller will have a great deal to say if he wishes to do so in the reorganization of the wabash-pittsburg terminal com pany the gould road into pittsburg for which receivers were appointed last week beriime known to-day four interests it was learned from a high source would dominate the reorgani zation these being rockefeller gould and tlie equitable and metropolitan life in surance companies as rockefeller prac tically controls the western maryland the former gould road which failed several months ago it is apparent the standard oil interest is the most powerful factor in the ill-faied eastern end of the gould system bankers were uncertain today whether the dominance of rockefeller in the avest ern maryland and his large interests in the wiibiish-pittsburg terminal meant the end of the gould plan for building a trans continental line it was the general opinion that even if the connecting link between the wa bash-pittsburg termiual and the western maryland should be finished thus giving to the goulds an ocean to ocean line the new line would not prove anything like as formidable a competitor to the big trunk lines as rupy once feared now that standard oil and the insurance companies all of which are on friendly terms with the great trunk lines are in the saddle are old partners the rockefellers have become interested in the two failed gould lines chiefly through their ownership of bonds though they hold large blocks of stock the goulds and rockefellers have been asso ciated frequently in railroad enterprises ii(w the lioeiefeliei's had little to say ns king as the roads prosÂ»pej.e4 inn default wiis threatened they heritne Â»â– it was reported to-gay i eonjmittee rep resenting ini'.-pcmleiit holders of h of the whanse-i'itua-urg termiiail com pany woulu be announced soon those best informed sÃŸd such a committee would have lit tie chance against the rockefeller gould-eqsltable-tfetronohtan combination in the fteui mauy bankers and brokers who are interested in the bomls are not in sympathy with flre existing committee it contains one broker who because of his peculiar connection with a certain stock i not at all popular receiver for feeder a receiver probably will be appoint for the wheeling & lake erie which is controlled by he terminal company this company has s!s,000,0(io of notes coining due on august 1 and the receiver probably will be asked for before that date the notes are guaranteed by the wabash which controls the terminal company it is thought the uoies may be defaulted by i lie wheeling & i.nke erie open break between delano and george gould ptttsbirg pa june that presi dent frederick delano of the wahash pittsburg terminal railroad has been on bad terms with george gould owner of the wabash lines is known and it was reported here this afternoon after the new receivers had begun work that the matter had come to an open rupture sometime be fore the receiver was applied for last fri day support is given this rumor by the revel ation that e b pryor fourth vice presi dent of the wabash itailroad stationed at st i/ouis was brought lo pittsburg to represent the railroad in the receivership proceedings i'ryor is said to be gould's choice to succeed delano shortly pittsburg railroad circles are to-night discussing the story of an open fight t>e tween delano and his superiors at new york recently when he went there on some matters of importance to the railroad his pittsburg friends say he called at the office of mr gould where he was kepr wailing in an ante room like lie would an office boy until his patience was ex hausted he finally said lhat he was returning to his hotel and that he would return west at Â« certain hour if mr gould wanted to see him he could communicate with him at the hotel when delano readied his hoiel he found a message from gould to return at once which he did he was much chagrined at flmiiuk that e t jeffreys was io be u third party to the conference there had already been much friction between jef freys and delano and it is understood that delano refused to broach the subject which had brought him to new york and returned ssithoul speaking of the matter ministers mollycoddles says billy sunday evangelist tells preachers they are stiffs and quacks pittsburg pa june 1.-the rev hilly sunilay.s the professional baseball player who turned evangelist has been rohduoting a revival it sharon near here tit-day he raine i.o town lo leil the l'res byterun clergymen uf i'lttsbur why gome ministers fail his words caused consternation among the preachers soino f whom left the first presbyterian church while he was speaking tin eirugellgi said many ministers are fudge eating tnollycu'mies who are continually springing mini bull con on their congregations 1 he asserted tfiat few ministers of to-day nt an.vjhiue mi stiffs and salary guazfcs willing lo w-chpt social distinction and liat many of them are qualified candidates for the funny house report guggenheims will abandon faith william and robert said to be con verts from jewish religion new yohk june 1 several members of thp wealthy and influential guggenheim family which always have been identified with the jewish religion are said to seri ously contemplate changing their faith if indeed they have not doue so one is william guggenheim a sou of the late meyer guggenheim founder of the great firm of copper smellers m guggenheim & sons the other is a grandson m robert gresenhcim who with his wife are said to e on the verge of joining the episcopal church rver since robert gucscnheim was presented to the pope two years ago there have been stories that he had become an adherent of the uoinan catholic church Chicago surgeon and woman he saved by wild train ride dr murpluj in a special train made the trip to pitlsburg thirty minutes aster than the best previous record to operate on mrs william j critten den daughter of the late steel magnate james b oliver the diagram sit ous the ground covered and the point tchere the train struck a woman co-eds smoke pipe at northestrern fifty girls line up en campus and bravely draw the puff of peace solemnly smoking the peace pipe ou the campns just east of swift hall yesterday afternoon young men and women of northwesteru's graduating class prepared to go out and face a prosaic world the first to smoke the pipe was miss florence smith it was handed her by floyd h stabl the class president then 150 seniors a third of them young wonie 1 , and more than 2<k juniors watched and kept solemn faces while miss smith lighted the big wooden pipe took a brave puff and passed it on without so much ns a single cough or once wiping her eyes other things happened at fhe hilarious afternoon session of class day with the freshmen boys clad in scotch kilties for miss amy onken read the class history carman lutkin read the prophecy t r johnson preached a baccalaureate sermon and miss anna harwood read the class will after which the 6ophomores presented a mule to the freshmen as a long lost brother the climax was the presentation of the class gifts by tatthur t jol'ey thesp made sport of each member's special proclivities but nothing qnito equaled the pipe of peace in the morning in annie may swift hall w 1 shannon delivered the class oration miss helen holton read the poem and f o potter presented the class gift of 2,500 to the endowment fund miss jessie dudinan presided at the ivy plant ing professor starkweather gave each member of the class a tiny paper knife n^ade of the old oak standing near the campus entrance in the evening the dramatic club presented milton's comus ou the campus before an audience of 3.000 to-day's programme iuclndes the trus tees meeling the phi beta kappa meet ing field sports and receptions in the af ternoon and n studeut parade on the campus to-night dr murphy's race in flyer saves a life special breaks record to pitts burg he operates on j b oliver's daughter pit'isbcug fa juue i dr lobn u miirpby of Chicago rode a race with tfeuth over the pennsylvania railroad this morn ing and at midnight it looks a if be bad won the railroad nnder a 2,000 fee promised by the estate of the late james b oliver steel king fractured all rec ords between Chicago and pittsbnrg bring ing dr murphy to the bedside of mrs william j crlrteiiden who was at the point of death from appendicitis it la understood that dr llnrphy when called from liis ed inst night in cblorgo by u.r,g distance telephone was promised 5,01.0 jt least as his fee it is not likely however that the fee will stop with this bum should tile young daughter of the olivers be saved from death at 11 o'clock to-night the examiner cor respondent sent a message to dr murphy who was still with his patient in the al legheny general hospital in a private wing which had been rented outright and he was asked how the patient was faring resting more easily yes there is hope was the terse reply whispered rhrongh the phone by the famous surgeou mrs crittenden who was miss amelia x oliver is the wife of the son of former governor crittenden of missouri nd a sister of marquise dusmet-de-sniours of naples italy with whom she recently vis ited for some months she became 111 on her arrival home several days ago it is understood that an operatiou was per formed late to-day by dr murphy it was decided late last night to call dr murphy from Chicago but the last train of the night had left for pittsburg dr murphy was instructed to hasten to the pennsylvania depot where a special would be made up for him at two minutes before 1 a m the train pulled out of Chicago the best previous time was nine hours hut made by the new york special but the crittenden special pulled into the depot here at i a in eight hours and thirty minutes out tho actual running time wus & trifle uuder eight hours as forty minutes were lost at salem 0 where while running ac the rate of ninety miles mi hour the special struck a buggy driven by mrs simon schive who was knocked fifty feet in the air nud will die her horses were both killed outright every engine crew that handled the train will lie paid a bonus inquiry was made this afternoon by a representative of the olivers as to the run between fort wayne ami crestline when the train made 131 miles in 111 minutes at salem ()., on the last lap to pittsburg it is said that the engineer was running much beyond the safety limit this brought out the fact j ( that la the agreement for a spei-iai train i entered into by the oliver familv when < tliei insisted that the speed record ov b:('-|f tereii the railroad was exempted from re ' sponsibility for all accidents which might i ' ccur through the speed bursts this lieinp the cahe the rich pittsburg j 5 family and not the railroad coroparir will be responsible it is said for the iliinan â– dne to the injury of the woman at salem council raps busse and attacks trusts orders inquiry of light com pany pole privileges de nied drainage district sand combine is beaten revolt defeats mayor's forces and limestone screenings will be used denounce oak park l resolutions calling austin crossings deathtraps are adopted the city council last night ad ministered two rebukes to the busse administration the first which the mayor's forces have re ceived since he assumed the reins of city government and demanded drastic action in the matter of the oak park elevated railway these actions of the council were iâ€”a1 â€” a resolution adopted by an over | whelming vota calling on corporation counsel brunflage for an opinion on the question of whether or not te common wealth edison company can legally es tablish poles an lighting wires 1b the city without first getting frontage con sents for the lasu from property own 3 â€” defeated the mayor on the pr^bsi â€¢ 1 tion of his henohmao axlnwegen to use i only sand for miubg concrete for street improvements decided that the city may use both limestone screenings and sand 13 â€” benoenced t\e oak park elevated i railway crossings in austin as death i traps ; demanded that they be abolished forthwith demanded that better service be given on the elevated and ordered ' â– commissioner of public works han | berg to investigate the situation and re ' port back next monday [ the w.ir upon the electric power trust j known as the commonwealth edison com pany received added impetus last night la action starting two separate investigations of that concerns campaign to prevent com petition the f'ltr council ordered an inquiry by the corporation counsel into the question of the company's alleged u'?al right to erect poles and wires without frontage con sents while the drainage board has to obtalu sne-h consents for its poles and wires iti addlrion u.c council demanded quick action on this score ordering that the cor poration counsel report his findings at the meeting next monday night citizens probe controversy the second suag for the trust came when the citizens association at a meet ing ce'id in the afternoon appointed george is co!e ws'ford c shurtleff find shelby m singleton us a committee to inquire into the merits of the controversy between the sanitary district and the city relative to the olstrlblntion of the water power generated by the drainage canal in a rtatement issued ay the association it was announced that the purpose of the inquiry is to publish the resultfttff its in vestigation for the benedt of its^^^bers and the public obscure opinion causes action.^^h the nrtfon by the council followed^^pÃŸj admission by commissioner of public ~*^ works hanberg to several aldermen that ' he w not quite sure whether the opin ion given by the corporation counsel to the finance committee last week was to be construed as meaning that under the frontage consents law passed in 1897 at the behest of the gas and electric light trnsts the commonwealth edison company was exempt from the necessity of obtain ing frontage consents since the date of the passage of the law . it was admitted by mr hanberg that the m whole issue was whether the law grant.-d special privileges to the trust entrenching it in its position and protecting it in a i material sense from competition in the electric power field the resolution offered by alderman flÂ«h er recited the fact that it was desirable there should be no doubt as to the question involved and called upon corporation coun sel brimdÂ«ge to clear up the sitnatlon half of poles in peril should the corporation counsel hold that frontage consents should have been j obtained by the commonwealtti edison a company for every pole erected since the passage of the frontage law it would mean j that the trust would he in danger of hav i ing about one-hslf ot its poles chopped m idown since the date of the passage of the lsw rhe company has received permits * for about l poles a week during the sum i nier and kali watber the records of superintendent f streets m 1 doherty now but no frixitage consenis were ob tained for any the.Â«e i>lps only for the poi?a in u streets wool ji weather indications fe tr Chicago and vicinity fair c*k f'hr tuesday wednesday increasing fe * j l|i cloudiness with possibly showers iv-y v.ft slowly rising temperature easterly 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Chicago examiner vol vi no 140 a m tuesday june 2 1908 14 pages price one cent s Taft denounced 8y veterans of civil war for attack on gen grant first official action is taken by mitchell post no 559 g a r in new york his speech called cruel men who knew the great com mander give expression to their indignation charge taken from book garland defends his history but says the secretary was too blunt new york juue i wherever loyal soldiers of the union met to-dsiytthe ne subject of discussion was the decoration day attack by secretary of war Taft on the memory of general v s grant an attack delivered at the tomb of the hero grand army men all over the country re gardless of political affiliations have re sented this most remarkable of decoration day eulogies and it is more than probable some concerted action will be taken by the great organization of civil war veterans to show their displeasure at the speech secretary tali's explanation was read to-day lÂ»y uig veterans as closely as his speech cut many said hie explanation iied to explain tim tirst official action to be recorded against the speech of mr Taft Â«;'-; taken to-night by ifce btembere of the william g mitchell post no 359 g a is named after the gallant adjutant general of ma jor oslcral hancock post adopts protest the members of this post met in their rooms 112 west one hundred and twi'iity-fiftii street this evening wfte-i past commander hugh stewart arose to pjvpooe new business tbers was a hush an'ong the thirty members present that was racre eli lucr.t than words in i voice that trembled with emotion mr stewart moved that the officers an'l comrade of william g mitchell post no k>9 g a r do hereby enter their pro test against the unnecessary and cruel re marks made against the memory of the late genera u s grant at the tomb of that great leader on decoration day by secretary of war william h Taft and urge that the sentiment of this post be duly and officially recorded a dozen voices seconded the motion and it was passed by a rising vote calls it a disgrace at the end of the meeling the members of the post were outspoken in their views of the speech of the secretary of war if i had been present within hearing of mr Taft said post commander george van wagner 1 would have stopped that speech then and there it was a disgrace he added we do not march ont on decoration day to hear in what our old lender failed but to re member the great victories that his name stands for others of the post voiced their opinions as follows past commander hi'gh stewart tin speech of mr Taft was entirely un called for the victim of mr taft's criti cisms is dead but the words stung every man who hoard or rer.d the oratorical in tuit captain j l cojibi i am filled with indignation at the words of mr Taft there was no necessity for him to recall the most easily forgettable incidents in tho life of one who did so much lo save nis country post members knew grant john 1 birmingham surgeon of the post mr Taft had no right to turn a decoration day oration into a personal at tack against a man for whom we have such reverence henity lowenthal officer of the guard the speech of mr Taft spoiled the spirit of decoration day for every man who carried u gun under grant wo marched through the rain to do honor to our dead comrades and especially to our dead leader to r near such a trivial resur rection of unpleasant details as formed the speech of the secretary of war was ns un expected as would have been the suddoa raising of the stnrs and bars over the tomb iii riverside drive we will not soon foigct this most nntactful of public utter lime f^lgarland says Taft blundered il.iiuliu garland author of dlyssei s his life and character published 1898 said to-night â– lii admittedly took them from my bonk general grant and 1 can vouch for it contains i traveled 8,500 io gel tin facts i 1 must s-siy however that the secre remarks were blunt under the cir he undoubtedly meant lo h the great side uf the man in ovei early habits his intent unques was kindly but perhaps the point â– " wished t bring out could have lieen in a more delicate way especially general grant's son stood beside the in the tonih post no 518 j a it also went â– record to-night through its commander j gotman as protesting against fhe i b^^hemorial day speech of secretary Taft gotnun left the regular hi : meeting of the post at to east i sireet to express the organisation's ! ' â– i i>i â– v i ! of the war secretary's re j nbout general grant at governor's island to-day general lied ' .'â– !,â– dent grant said be had not nade i \ comment on the Taft speech uor wou!Â«i j in ike any 1 actor dies as flames drive audience from a cleveland theater | ex-senator j k jones | eugene jepson succumbs to heart disease carolyn delmore with orchestra's aid prevents panic cleveland 0 june i fire in keiths theater this afternoon in which a panic was averted only by the coolness of the house staff and orchestra cost the life of eugene jepson fifty-three years old who bus played in the support of mauy stars he died of heart disease due to the ex citement caused by the approach of the flames and his haste to pack his costumes Ã¼bout to be used in the production of aj new playlet by george ade the mayor and the manicure j'lio fire wns caused by the friction of au electric suction fan in the rear of the gal lery at tie alarm of fire jepson who was in his dressing room began hurriedly packing his costumes the actor who weighed m0 pounds was overcome by the excitement and died as he was ready to close the trunks lid mrs jepson was summoned from her hotel meanwhile out on the stage carolyn delmore continued the singing of her song see saw xed hastings the house press agent ordered herman biringer the or chestra leader to play on and to the strains of the music he informed the audience that the fire was next door and under control the gallery had been cleared by this time and the audience on fhe lower floor after a startled glance about formed in line under the guidance of frederick brandt house treasurer liis assistant charles greenslat and the ushers all reached the street unharmed outside so litlle smoke appeared that many tried to re-enter the house but were stopped by policemen the lire damage is estimated to-night at 5,000 blanche bates mother famous actress dead succumbs to apoplexy daughter ar rives before second attack ossining x y june i mrs frances wren bates mother of blanche bales the actress died on saturday of apoplexy at her daughter's home bailey farm about three miles from here she was 50 years old miss bates was in manhattan on fri day when her mother was first attacked she wiis summoned at once and on her ar rival found her mother barely conscious a second attack occurred early the next morning which mrs bates was unable to survive mrs bates was one of the famous wren family who toured the country giving what corresponded then to present day vaudeville acts she married frank m bates an actor and in 1870 went with him to australia where he was murdered by bushrangers she appeared with booth barrett and modjeska ex-senator james k jones dies in washington arkansas statesman taken suddenly ill on return from visit to daughter long national figure managed bryan's campaign against hanna elected to senate in 1893 washington june l â€” former senator james kinibrongh jones of arkansas died of heart failure at his home here 181 nineteenth street at 5:30 this afternoon the announcement of the death came as â– great shock to the large circle of friends and acquaintances he made here from the time he was elected to the forty-seventh congress to all appearances senator jones was in i excellent health he had been until last friday paying a visit to his daughter mrs s carrigan in arkansas he returued here on friday and although he complained of a slight indisposition on saturday there was no expectation that the end was so near at haud at the time of bis death senator jones was practicing law in partnership with his sun james k jones jr the final arrangements for the funeral have not been made but the interment will be in rock creek cemetery near this city senator jones was born in marshall county miss sept 29 1839 received a classical education was a private soldier during the civil war ou the losing side lived on his plantation after the close of the war until 1573 when he commenced the practce of law and the same year was elected to the senate of the state of ar kansas elected to congress in 1 880 the next step in the political ladder como in 18s0 when he was elected in the gar fleld-hancock year as a representative to congress it was not until carlisle of kentucky was elected speaker that jones came forth from obscurity and was made a member of the ways and means committee of the house in isso he was elected to the senate tind took bis seat in isb7 for eighteen years thereafter senator jones was a national character and a power in the councils of the democratic party he became a member of the na tional committee in iss6 was chairman of the committee on resolutions in the conven tion that nominated william j bryan named us national eoinmitteeman by his state lie became chairman and managed the campaign pitted against hanna i pitted against hanna who later became a member of the senate hampered by lack of funds to conduct a campaign deserted by men who had managed other cam paigns the failure of jones to achieve a victory was not to be wondered at senator jones was chairman of the dem ocratic national committee in the l!!00 campaign and gave way to tom taggart in the parker campaign of 1904 in 1893 he was defeated for re-election to jhe united states senate senator clarke succeeding him jen davis who was then governor of arkansas was one of the must bitter of those who assisted in his over throw finally parts with bryan always a strong bryan man joues and bryan came to the parting of the iraya this year when the former as a spokesman for a wing of the democratic party asked bryan not to be a candidate for the demo cratic nomination and bryan refused senator jones was married twice he lias three living children sue r mrs lenora carrigan and james k joues jr king sends elkins word abruzzi must wait year duke bows to family but says he will wed american isome june i a royal aide-de-camp has just returned from america after convey ing to senator elfcins the royal family's decision in regard to the duke of the abruzzi marrying the senator's dauijmcr miss katherine elkins the decision is this p that the l'uke of the abruzzi shall take a jear to think the matter over this the dnke has agreed to do in de ference to the expressed wishes of king victor emmanuel his cousiu dowager queen mnrguerita his aunt and of his two brothers the dnke of aosta and the connt of turin lu assenting abruzzi told the royÂ»l family couucil that it would not change his determination to marry miss elkius if he hiul lo wait ten years rockefeller will finance gould's pittsburg road standard oil equitable and metropolitan life allied in reorganization ignore small investors new combination fiiendly to rivals of proposed wabash transcontinental line mow york june i that john i rockefeller will have a great deal to say if he wishes to do so in the reorganization of the wabash-pittsburg terminal com pany the gould road into pittsburg for which receivers were appointed last week beriime known to-day four interests it was learned from a high source would dominate the reorgani zation these being rockefeller gould and tlie equitable and metropolitan life in surance companies as rockefeller prac tically controls the western maryland the former gould road which failed several months ago it is apparent the standard oil interest is the most powerful factor in the ill-faied eastern end of the gould system bankers were uncertain today whether the dominance of rockefeller in the avest ern maryland and his large interests in the wiibiish-pittsburg terminal meant the end of the gould plan for building a trans continental line it was the general opinion that even if the connecting link between the wa bash-pittsburg termiual and the western maryland should be finished thus giving to the goulds an ocean to ocean line the new line would not prove anything like as formidable a competitor to the big trunk lines as rupy once feared now that standard oil and the insurance companies all of which are on friendly terms with the great trunk lines are in the saddle are old partners the rockefellers have become interested in the two failed gould lines chiefly through their ownership of bonds though they hold large blocks of stock the goulds and rockefellers have been asso ciated frequently in railroad enterprises ii(w the lioeiefeliei's had little to say ns king as the roads prosÂ»pej.e4 inn default wiis threatened they heritne Â»â– it was reported to-gay i eonjmittee rep resenting ini'.-pcmleiit holders of h of the whanse-i'itua-urg termiiail com pany woulu be announced soon those best informed sÃŸd such a committee would have lit tie chance against the rockefeller gould-eqsltable-tfetronohtan combination in the fteui mauy bankers and brokers who are interested in the bomls are not in sympathy with flre existing committee it contains one broker who because of his peculiar connection with a certain stock i not at all popular receiver for feeder a receiver probably will be appoint for the wheeling & lake erie which is controlled by he terminal company this company has s!s,000,0(io of notes coining due on august 1 and the receiver probably will be asked for before that date the notes are guaranteed by the wabash which controls the terminal company it is thought the uoies may be defaulted by i lie wheeling & i.nke erie open break between delano and george gould ptttsbirg pa june that presi dent frederick delano of the wahash pittsburg terminal railroad has been on bad terms with george gould owner of the wabash lines is known and it was reported here this afternoon after the new receivers had begun work that the matter had come to an open rupture sometime be fore the receiver was applied for last fri day support is given this rumor by the revel ation that e b pryor fourth vice presi dent of the wabash itailroad stationed at st i/ouis was brought lo pittsburg to represent the railroad in the receivership proceedings i'ryor is said to be gould's choice to succeed delano shortly pittsburg railroad circles are to-night discussing the story of an open fight t>e tween delano and his superiors at new york recently when he went there on some matters of importance to the railroad his pittsburg friends say he called at the office of mr gould where he was kepr wailing in an ante room like lie would an office boy until his patience was ex hausted he finally said lhat he was returning to his hotel and that he would return west at Â« certain hour if mr gould wanted to see him he could communicate with him at the hotel when delano readied his hoiel he found a message from gould to return at once which he did he was much chagrined at flmiiuk that e t jeffreys was io be u third party to the conference there had already been much friction between jef freys and delano and it is understood that delano refused to broach the subject which had brought him to new york and returned ssithoul speaking of the matter ministers mollycoddles says billy sunday evangelist tells preachers they are stiffs and quacks pittsburg pa june 1.-the rev hilly sunilay.s the professional baseball player who turned evangelist has been rohduoting a revival it sharon near here tit-day he raine i.o town lo leil the l'res byterun clergymen uf i'lttsbur why gome ministers fail his words caused consternation among the preachers soino f whom left the first presbyterian church while he was speaking tin eirugellgi said many ministers are fudge eating tnollycu'mies who are continually springing mini bull con on their congregations 1 he asserted tfiat few ministers of to-day nt an.vjhiue mi stiffs and salary guazfcs willing lo w-chpt social distinction and liat many of them are qualified candidates for the funny house report guggenheims will abandon faith william and robert said to be con verts from jewish religion new yohk june 1 several members of thp wealthy and influential guggenheim family which always have been identified with the jewish religion are said to seri ously contemplate changing their faith if indeed they have not doue so one is william guggenheim a sou of the late meyer guggenheim founder of the great firm of copper smellers m guggenheim & sons the other is a grandson m robert gresenhcim who with his wife are said to e on the verge of joining the episcopal church rver since robert gucscnheim was presented to the pope two years ago there have been stories that he had become an adherent of the uoinan catholic church Chicago surgeon and woman he saved by wild train ride dr murpluj in a special train made the trip to pitlsburg thirty minutes aster than the best previous record to operate on mrs william j critten den daughter of the late steel magnate james b oliver the diagram sit ous the ground covered and the point tchere the train struck a woman co-eds smoke pipe at northestrern fifty girls line up en campus and bravely draw the puff of peace solemnly smoking the peace pipe ou the campns just east of swift hall 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